MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture at Washington University in St. Louis

The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Illustration & Visual Culture program explores the idea of illustration authorship by combining studio practice in illustration with curatorial training in visual and material culture. This program is ideal for illustrators, designers, and those interested in working with popular visual matter of the modern period to discover how it was made and by whom, who it was for, and how it remains relevant today.

Faculty: Graduate School of Art, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts  |  Duration: two-year residential program  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: St. Louis, MO, United States

What you will study

Required courses include DESIGN 5010 Illustration Studio 1: Drawing and Voice; DESIGN 5115 Creative Writing for Illustration; DESIGN 5120 Reading Pictures: Materials Lab; DESIGN 5160 Reading Pictures: Illustration History; DESIGN 5410 Applied Illustration; DESIGN 5020 Illustration Studio II: Artist, Author, Audience.

Career pathways

Graduates of the program will be prepared to work as author-artists of graphic novels and picture books; professors of illustration; critical writers on popular culture; and curatorial staff in museums, libraries and auction houses.

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